Blackpool North Railway Station - Last Day 1973

            Blackpool North Railway Station concourse on it's last day in use, Saturday 06 January 1973. This view is looking north towards Queen Street. 
 
Demoltion had started by March 1973. It’s a great shame that this station was demolished when the replacement station (the old excursion terminal building) was rebuilt and reopened. For many years now Blackpool has needed an all-purpose building for conferences and concerts etc. Blackpool North could have been converted for such use similar to Manchester Central (G-MEX) instead of being demolished as quickly as possible. It’s certainly a pity that the magnificent station buffet was not retained, as it even would have put the world famous Stalybridge buffet to shame. These days the buffet would probably have been a listed building. 

Amazingly the whole station building was repainted at great expense just one year before it was demolished. Nothing ever changes! A new Fine Fare store (now Wilkinsons) with a multi-storey car park above was built on the site of the old station. The store is not exactly the best looking building in Blackpool. 

Camera: Praktica (Pentacon) LTL.
Film: Kodak Ektachrome (processed by Dixons)
Photograph copyright: Ian 10B.

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Taken in: United Kingdom / England / Blackpool (show map)

Taken on: November 23, 2016

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Blackpool North Railway Station

Sets appears in: • Fylde Railways - Blackpool North

Groups appears in: • Blackpool North, Central, South lines (Past & Present)

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